As the build-to-earn period comes to a close, those who staked with Astar Degens (AD) are set to get a bonus 20% distribution of the rewards earned by the dApp. Anyone who has staked with AD will need to make sure they have set up their Astar Pass, which binds the user's substrate account to their EVM account.
Astar has announced that they are migrating away from the Astar forum to Townhall for governance. While on-chain governance is still in development, the new approach provides token holders with a voice based on the amount of ASTR tokens held (including those natively staked).